WaPo/ABC: 62% don’t have enough info on ObamaCare after 3 years

posted at 10:41 am on September 20, 2013 by Ed Morrissey

That’s not all of the story, however. Almost twice as many people who have noticed changes in the health-care system after ObamaCare’s passage see more negative than positive:

More than three years after Obamacare was signed into law and fewer than two weeks before its health insurance exchanges are to launch, many Americans don’t know a lot about the pending changes except this: They don’t much like them.

Sixty-two percent in a new ABC News-Washington Post poll say they lack the information needed to understand the changes that will take effect as the Affordable Care Act is implemented. Barely one in 10, moreover, thinks the federal government, their state government or the health insurance industry is fully prepared to implement the law. …

More people say the law has had negative rather than positive effects so far, although many as yet see no impact. Thirty-six percent, for example, say it’s worsened the health care system overall, vs. 19 percent who see improvement. The rest, 39 percent, see no effect.

Many more, about six in 10 Americans (55 to 63 percent), say the law so far has had no effect on them personally, their health care costs, insurance coverage or care experiences. But among those who do report an impact, it’s more apt to be negative. Thirty-three percent report negative effects on their costs, 25 percent on their coverage and 22 percent on the quality of their care. Positive effects, by contrast, are reported by only about one in 10 in each case.

The 52% level of opposition to the law is the highest level since April 2012 in this polling series. Among independents, the law only get a 42/54, slightly higher opposition than the overall population. A majority of opponents to the law would support a government shutdown (52%), but that amounts to just 27% overall.

The demos have a couple of intriguing data points. The support level among women is much lower than among men, 38% and 46% respectively, which caught the pollster by surprise:

Support for the law is greater among men than women; while 46 percent of men support, it that drops to 38 percent of women. That’s somewhat surprising, in that women are more likely to be Democrats; on the other hand women also are more frequent users of the health care system, so may feel more at risk. …

And notably, the law’s support is weak even among African-Americans, probably Obama’s single most loyal support group. Eighty-seven percent of blacks approve of Obama’s job performance overall. But just 48 percent support his signature health care law.

This hints at huge trouble for Democrats in 2014 if this rollout continues as we have seen thus far. Women and African-Americans are big keys to Democratic hopes of holding the Senate in the midterm elections. Those demos didn’t punish Obama for ObamaCare in 2012, but Obama’s not going to be on the ticket in 2o14. Pushing the exchanges in the midst of the confusion, opposition, and unreadiness of today will further alienate these voters, who might not switch en masse to the GOP but could very well stay home in November 2014.

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More than three years after Obamacare was signed into law and fewer than two weeks before its health insurance exchanges are to launch, many Americans don’t know a lot about the pending changes except this: They don’t much like them.

This hints at huge trouble for Democrats in 2014 if this rollout continues as we have seen thus far.

And this is the ONLY way you’ll get Democrats to put on the brakes. Fearing the backlash of the mid-term elections.

They put off changes that were scheduled to occur in Medicare in October 2012, just weeks before the election. You don’t want pissed-off seniors going to the polls. Those changes will now take effect in late October of this year.

Many people probably don’t realize the already huge impact ObamaCare has had on their lives because it isn’t reported in the MSM. We are well on our way to becoming a part-time nation, and it’s all thanks to ObamaCare.

This hints at huge trouble for Democrats in 2014 if this rollout continues as we have seen thus far.

How? The controlling liberal wing of the GOPe is hell-bent on destroying that party through an ongoing ideological civil war. That thus far is the only reason why the Dems haven’t fallen off into political oblivion.

LOL, the dems and gop socialist control the voting machines and computers that count the votes along with the polling companies that take polls. 2014 won’t change anything. The ruling class won’t allow it. If you want proof just look at 2010 and 2012, along with the latest fake effort to defund Marxist care, and the effort just getting underway to destroy Ted Cruz.

Yet the stupid Tea Party Republicans want to stand in the way of Obama being forced to ‘Faithfully Executing’ this cluster *#%&. and driving disgruntled voters to the republican side in 2014.

meci on September 20, 2013 at 10:53 AM

And there were surrender-minded GOPers who thought the same thing in 1936 as the tentacles of the New Deal were being rolled out. (“Yeah, let’s let this Social Security thing go forward, fail, and then a whole lot of voters will be back on our side!”)

When has government actually gotten SMALLER in the past 100+ years of the Progressive/Socialist era?

I find it highlarious the LSM and their talking heads keep screaming that obamacare is the law of the land and to suck it up GOP but it is OK for dear leader to NOT follow the immigration laws and other laws he deems not worthy

They keep indicating that this was passed with bipartisan support so get over it

Yet the stupid Tea Party Republicans want to stand in the way of Obama being forced to ‘Faithfully Executing’ this cluster *#%&. and driving disgruntled voters to the republican side in 2014.

meci on September 20, 2013 at 10:53 AM

To hell with the country. This is all about politics for you, eh? As Myron pointed out above, name the entitlement that has ever been rolled back once implemented. If you can’t (and I know you can’t), then apologize for being a stupid anti-Tea Party Republican.

More than three years after Obamacare was signed into law and fewer than two weeks before its health insurance exchanges are to launch, many Americans don’t know a lot about the pending changes except this: They don’t much like them.

All I can conclude is that America is racist. Our sooper jeanus courageous young president is working so hard for us and we just don’t appreciate it because RACISM. Obama should go play a few more rounds and see if he can get Putin’s footprint off his a$$.

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OT anecdotal story: I attended a monthly tea party gathering in Boehner’s district. (I think at least two tea party groups exist in his district.) The featured speaker was a local black man (married, six kids) who is one of these Frederick Douglass Republicans. I’m guessing there were 50 to 60 at the gathering–maybe five under 40, most over 60. Only one black, a married woman with kids who said she was the daughter of a liberal professor, but she got religion.

Anyway, I’d be any amount of money that if the speaker (Alan McIntyer) spoke to black audiences around the country, support for Obama in the black community would be halved in a month. Obama would have support only from the black political class, black entertainers, and black freeloaders. He’d lose the black middle class. This guy was a hardnosed punch in the face. I only wish he could speak to larger black groups.

Anyway, I’d be any amount of money that if the speaker (Alan McIntyer) spoke to black audiences around the country, support for Obama in the black community would be halved in a month. Obama would have support only from the black political class, black entertainers, and black freeloaders. He’d lose the black middle class. This guy was a hardnosed punch in the face. I only wish he could speak to larger black groups.

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Here in MN the state exchange is called MNSure.org. The site has information what the different plans cost. But don’t tell you what the coverage, deductibles, co-pays, or annual caps are. So not enough information is available to make a buying decision. Well they do still have 11 more days to get it right.

Ahh yes that has been a wonderful plan for the dems. Delay delay delay. Once they have won more reelections Obama will be out of office and the sh$t will hit the fan then. Its seems more as people find out about the bill the worse the support for it gets.

Now we are seeing thousands more getting dumped on this monthly….when the real “benefits” kick in ( or the lack there of really ) its gonna creator. Once that is done though too many people will be on it… its never going away back to the old way… single payer here we come.